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  • New Wind Energy Research Focuses on Turbine Arrangement (USA)

    4 November 2013
    R&D, Training & Education

    Research into the best ways to arrange wind turbines has produced staggering results — quite literally.  The University of Delaware’s Cristina Archer and her Atmosphere and Energy Research Group found that staggering and spacing out turbines in an offshore wind farm can improve performance by as much as 33 percent. Article by Teresa Messmore, UDaily […]

  • Alstom’s 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine Loaded at Ostend, Belgium

    24 October 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The various components of Alstom’s 6MW offshore wind turbine, currently one of the most powerful on the market, are in the process of being loaded onto the liftboat or self-elevating wind turbine installation and crane unit, “Bold Tern”, in the port of Ostend, Belgium. The vessel, owned by Fred Olsen Windcarrier, specialists in the transport […]

  • Moog Announces AC Wind Turbine Pitch System in China

    16 October 2013
    R&D, Technology

    Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry, announced the launch of its new AC Moog Wind Turbine Pitch System in China. Adopting a compact modular architecture, the new system has distinct advantages in safety, reliability and an overall reduction in the cost of […]

  • Bladt: Paint Job for Vestas’ 8MW Wind Turbine (Denmark)

    9 October 2013

    Measuring up to 6.5 meters in diameter, the largest wind mill so far is now ready for blast cleaning and painting at Bladt Industries. The work has commenced and is expected to finish in week 46. The 132 meter wind mill is going to function as a test mill in Østerild, Denmark. The work takes […]

  • Photo of the Day: Installation of Nordsee Ost’s First Wind Turbine

    2 July 2014
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: The installation of the first wind turbine at RWE’s Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm.   The rotor blades for the Senvion 6MW wind turbine were not preassembled into a rotor spider, but were fitted to the hub at the Nordsee Ost construction site at sea.  The Nordsee Ost offshore wind […]

  • Siemens: Order Placed for 67 Dudgeon Offshore Wind Turbines

    21 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Energy has received an order from the Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. Siemens will manufacture, deliver, install and commission 67 Siemens direct-drive wind turbines rated at 6 megawatts (MW) each and equipped with a 154-meter rotor. Installation will start in early 2017. The combined […]

  • Report on Offshore Wind Turbine and Foundations Market Out Now

    20 August 2014
    R&D

    “Global Offshore Wind Turbines and Foundations Market Size, Share & Country Analysis to 2020” report is now available at RnRMarketResearch.com.  Latest report “Offshore Wind Turbines and Foundations – Global Market Size, Market Share, Regulations and Key Country Analysis to 2020” provides detailed information on the current Offshore Wind Turbine and Foundations market, focusing on key […]

  • Kentish Flats OWF: Turbine Damaged by Multiple Lightning Strikes

    26 September 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall, the operator of the nine year old Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, is this week set to replace a single blade on one of the project’s 30 wind turbines due to lightning strikes. The Swedish firm decided on the blade replacement after routine maintenance inspections. The damage was caused by multiple lightning strikes more […]

  • Senvion’s 111th Offshore Wind Turbine Up at Nordsee Ost

    24 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth-largest manufacturer of wind turbines, today installed its 111th offshore turbine. The company reached this milestone with the nineteenth Senvion 6.2M126 of 48 planned turbines that are currently being installed at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. The additional 29 turbines for Nordsee […]

  • U.S. Hunts Hurricanes to Improve Offshore Wind Turbine Designs

    12 June 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    Hurricane season has officially started, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts more than a dozen named storms this year.  With an average sustained wind speed of over 74 miles per hour, these storms pose a threat to residents living in coastal regions of the United States. Coincidentally, these coastal regions are also […]

  • Photo of the Day: Loading of Baltic 2 Wind Turbine Blades

    30 July 2014

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Loading of turbine blades for EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm in Sassnitz harbor. The wind turbine blades are being loaded onto HOCHTIEF’s jack-up vessel Vidar. With large deck space and 1,200-ton crane, the vessel can operate in water depths of up to 50 meters. Last month the first transition […]

  • MAKE: Siemens First on Global Wind Turbine OEM List

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance, R&D

    Siemens and GE led a group of multinational industrial conglomerates that improved their positioning within MAKE’s top 15 global rankings, according to MAKE’s Global Wind Turbine OEM 2014 Market Share analysis. Multi-industrial turbine OEMs accounted for 37% of the global market in 2014, an increase of twelve percentage points YoY. All pure play turbine OEMs […]

  • Germany: Foundation Pouring for M5000-135 Offshore Wind Turbine

    16 April 2013

    With guests from politics and industry, AREVA Wind celebrated the pouring of concrete for the foundation intended for the wind turbine prototype M5000-135. The event took place close to the motorway A27 in Bremerhaven. M5000-135 is the new version of the M5000, which has already proven itself at German first offshore wind farm Alpha Ventus. […]

  • Siemens and Marine Current Turbines to Exhibit at Thetis MRE in France

    10 April 2013

    Siemens and its subsidiary Marine Current Turbines will be exhibiting at this week’s Thetis MRE exhibition and conference in Brest, France (April 10th and 11th). The Siemens stand (C6) is located in the main exhibition hall at Brest’s International Convention Centre. Thetis MRE provides Siemens the opportunity to tell delegates about the development of its […]

  • Final Turbine Installed at Lincs Offshore Wind Farm, UK

    2 April 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The Lincs Offshore Wind Farm is celebrating the successful installation of the project’s final turbine.  The 75th Siemens 3.6MW turbine was installed today by specialist jack-up vessel MPI Resolution, completing the installation programme which began on 14 July 2012, and bringing the wind farm up to its full installed capacity of 270MW. Lincs Project Director […]

  • Alun Griffiths Prepares Port of Mostyn for Wind Turbines (UK)

    14 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd has been awarded a GBP 1.1 million contract by RWE npower, the company behind the Gwynt-y-Mor Offshore Wind Farm, to prepare the turbine pre-assembly site at the Port of Mostyn. The civil engineering works are underway to establish a purpose built facility on a 28 acre site where the turbine manufacturer […]

  • Seajacks to Install Foundations and Wind Turbines for Meerwind Project in Germany

    29 June 2011

    Seajacks UK Limited (Seajacks) announced it has entered into a contract with WindMW GmbH (WindMW) for the installation of foundations and turbines for the Meerwind Project, which will be located off the coast of Germany in the North Sea near the island Helgoland. Seajacks will be providing services as the main installation contractor and will […]

  • Computer simulation of wind turbines off Lobsterville becah (USA)

    13 August 2010
    Technology

    A dramatic increase in offshore wind manufacturing is needed to meet the scale-up required for Round 3 projects, a report published by AMA… By Peter Brannen (mvgazette) [mappress] Source: mvgazette, August 13, 2010;

  • Future Wind Turbines go Offshore – Deep and Floating (Denmark)

    11 November 2010
    R&D

    Floating wind turbines producing at least 20 MW each: this is the vision that is to be explored in an exciting new collaboration between DTU and international partners from both industry and the research community. The 4-year project called DeepWind has a €3m grant under the European FP7 programme for future emerging technologies. DeepWind was […]

  • SAMTECH to Present SAMCEF for Wind Turbines on EWEA 2011 in Belgium

    24 February 2011

    SAMTECH, European specialist in development of Computer Aided Engineering software and advanced FEA modeling technology, announces its… (mcadcafe) [mappress] Source: mcadcafe, February 24, 2011

  • Roanoke Island Could Get Two Test Turbines (USA)

    10 February 2011

    Shipbuilding giant Northrop Grumman and a Spanish company are looking into erecting two test turbines along the Outer Banks as U.S. policy … By Rob Morris (outerbanksvoice) [mappress] Source: outerbanksvoice, February 10, 2011

  • Stop Offshore Wind Turbines From Invading Normandy (France)

    30 January 2011

    The view from the Normandy landing beaches is to be transformed – critics say “desecrated” – by an immense offshore wind farm. French President… By John Lichfield (independent) [mappress] Source: independent, January 31, 2011

  • Maine Offshore Wind Turbines to Face Logistical Challenges (USA)

    26 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Maine has plenty of energy in its offshore winds, but building the turbines and their platforms for offshore electricity generation presents… By John Hale (villagesoup) [mappress] Source: villagesoup, January 26, 2011

  • Bright Future for Renewable Energy Despite Turbine Setback (UK)

    24 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    LEADING figures in the North-East renewable energy sector are remaining upbeat, in spite of the announcement that Teesside had missed out on…   By Andy Richardson (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, January 24, 2011

  • Government Advised to Slow Down with Offshore Wind Turbines (UK)

    10 May 2011
    Authorities

    The Government should slow down plans to roll out thousands of offshore wind turbines in the UK’s seas by 2020, its climate advisors…   (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, May 10, 2011;

  • Research to Protect Dolphins from Offshore Wind Turbines (UK)

    21 April 2011
    Environment

    A RESEARCH project has been launched to ensure that dolphins are not harmed by marine energy developments in Scottish waters.   By John Ross (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, April 21, 2011;